Syracuse Media Group moves into new downtown headquarters

Syracuse, NY -- About 170 Syracuse Media Group employees marched four blocks to the company's new downtown headquarters at Merchants Commons Wednesday afternoon.

SMG President Tim Kennedy and Chairman Stephen A. Rogers led the miniparade from the company's Clinton Square facility to Merchants Commons, formerly known as the Merchants Bank and Snow buildings, at the northwest corner of South Warren and East Fayette streets.

The syracuse.com and The Post-Standard news staff and SMG's digital operations team and its marketing and sales departments occupied the first and second floors of Merchants Commons, becoming the building's anchor tenant.

The move into the 27,000-square-foot office marked a milestone in the media company's commitment to delivering news and advertising via digital platforms such as its syracuse.com news website.

"We made a big investment in the community," Kennedy told employees. "We said from the beginning we wanted to be downtown, but the investment is really about our core mission. This is a company that is looking at the future."

View full sizeSyracuse Media Group employees file into the company's new headquarters at Merchants Commons in downtown Syracuse on Wednesday.David Lassman | dlassman@syracuse.com

Twenty-three SMG employees and 170 employees of Advance Central Services Syracuse will remain at the Clinton Square building, where The Post-Standard has been published for more than 40 years. These employees edit copy and design newspaper pages, operate the printing press and perform human relations, business operations and information systems services.